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Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bites

Makes 14 servings

1¼ cups chickpeas (garbanzo beans) rinsed and drained

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

½ cup plus 2 tablespoons natural peanut butter

¼ cup honey

1 teaspoon baking powder

½ cup chocolate chips

Instructions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Put the rinsed and drained chickpeas in your food processor and pulse until well ground. Add the remaining ingredients except the chocolate chips and mix until very smooth, scraping down the sides of the food processor a few times to make sure you get the chickpeas incorporated. Stir in chocolate chips with a spoon.

Roll the dough into 1½-inch balls with wet hands. Place on cookie sheet and bake about 10 minutes. Do not overbake. Let cool and serve.